US EditionVon Der Leyen Defends Agreement with Trump on Duties
The agreement includes a 15% cap on U.S. tariffs for key products, aiming to reduce costs and boost competitiveness in technology and other sectors, officials said.
- The Computer & Communications Industry Association praised the agreement for strengthening US–EU economic ties and opening the EU market to U.S. tech exports, benefiting the technology sector.
- After an impromptu summit this year, President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen formalized an informal framework in a joint statement released Thursday addressing digital trade barriers.
- The joint statement set a 15% tariff cap on many goods, exempting generics and aircraft components, with Ursula von der Leyen calling it a "good, if not perfect agreement" that reduces consumer and business costs.
- Von der Leyen framed the deal as a choice for stability and predictability, saying the EU will diversify trade ties with Switzerland, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and Mercosur.
- At the Rimini Meeting on Friday, critics pressed the Commission as Mario Draghi warned the EU's geopolitical influence with 450 million consumers had "evaporated," and Ursula von der Leyen defended the trade decision in Sunday op‑eds.
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The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, defended the EU trade agreement with Donald Trump, warning that the failure to conclude an agreement would be a gift for European rivals. Von der Leyen uses an editorial published in Spanish press to defend the agreement with Trump, presenting it as a stability measure in the face of the scale of the conflict and rejecting the criticisms that Brussels has rejected, according to Poli…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said today that a trade deal with the United States had to be made because failure would be a gift to Europe's biggest rivals.
The President of the European Commission responded to criticisms of the customs agreement in an opinion piece.
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